Gregory Asmolov, a PhD researcher at the LSE, argues that new data from Russia suggest revisiting policies for mitigation of radical Internet regulation, based on his recent paper that explores why Russian public opinion is generally in favour of regulation.

Russians believe that at the moment their country has the friendliest relations with China, Belarus and Kazakhstan and most hostile relations — with the United States, suggests an opinion poll of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) the results of which were made public on Wednesday, TASS announced.